Hanger



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HANGER Filed Sept. 10, 1968 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VENITOR. w/ i 11 6 9mm United States Patent Oflice 3,530,528 Patented Sept. 29, 1970 3,530,528 HANGER Wilhelm Hachtel, 6994 Niederstetten, Germany Filed Sept. 10, 1968, Ser. No. 758,783 Claims priority, application Germany, Sept. 16, 1967,

Int. Cl: A4 7h 13/00 US. Cl. 1687.4 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A curtain hanger has a resilient member extending therefrom to which the curtain holding device is connected. The resilient member is easily deflectable in the pulling direction.

This invention relates to a hanging device for curtains, drapes or the like and more particularly to a hanger guided by a curtain rod and having holding devices attached thereto for curtains, drapes, curtain bands or the like.

Hangers, whether designed as sliders or having rollers, run most easily and most quietly in curtain rods if they do not tilt, twist, cant or the like; This danger becomes great when the curtain holding devices have long bars, as needed for example, for the laying of pinched pleats.

It is an object of this invention to provide hangers which are so formed that they are able to absorb forces acting obliquely in the pulling direction plane without causing the hanger to cant appreciably.

According to this invention, this object is accomplished by curtain holding devices adapted to be attached to a resilient member which is fastened to the hanger and is easily deflectable in pulling direction. The resilient member yields and bends when such oblique forces occur, while the hangers remain in proper position relative to the curtain rod.

The resilient member advantageously many have an approximately rectangular cross-section and be integral with the hanger. Even at a relatively large crosssectional area, i.e. great tensile stress capacity, it may nevertheless be easy to deflect the resilient member in the pulling direction. Such a measure is to be recommended in particular when those forces which act normal to the pulling direction plane are neutralized by an additional articulation at the end of the resilient member.

The hanger has advantageously an approximately E- shaped form, the middle arm 'being the resilient member and the two end arms serving to guide the hanger. This results in a very compact form, which is easy to spray coat. Possibly the two end arms may serve also as stops for the middle arm, when the latter is deflected too much. Finally, the spaces between the middle arm and the two end arms provides adequate space to enable the straps of the curtain holding device to be attached to the hanger.

These and other objects and features of the invention will be evident from the following detailed description taken together with the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a front view of a curtain rod with a front rod, into which a hanger (without holding devices) is inserted;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view along line 22 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a second embodiment in front vie-w;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view along 44 in FIG 3;

FIG. 5 is a third embodiment with the curtain rod broken away, a hanger, and holding device indicated in phantom lines; and

'FIG. 6 is a sectional view along line 66 in FIG. 5.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a front rod 11 is inserted in a curtain rod 10 in the usual manner. On its profile 12 there runs a roller 13 of a hanger 14. The hanger 14 has an approximately E-shaped form. Its middle arm 16 is designed as a resilient spring arm which can be deflected according to the phantom lines 17 in the drawing plane of FIG. 1. At its lower end the middle arm 16 carries two headed pins 18, on which a holding device for curtains, drapes, curtain bands or the like can be suspended.

The two end arms 19 extend downward in front of the profile 12 and span the profile 12 with a hooked portion 21; From the cross beam 22 of the hanger 14 there projects lobes 23 which span the roller 13 so that the roller runs as if protected in a cage. In case of canting of the hanger 14 the roller 13 will no longer run on the profile 12, or only partly so. Instead, the lower edge of one of the lobes 23 will slide on the top of the profile 12 and one of the hooks 21 will slide against the underside of the profile 12, so that the rolling friction will be transformed into a very much worse sliding friction. But since the middle arm 16 is easily deflectable as a spring, forces acting obliquely are unable to cant the hanger 14.

In a second embodiment according to FIGS. 3 and 4, a slider is used instead of a hanger provided with a roller. The slider has its optimum sliding properties when it occupies a certain position relatively to the profile 12. When it is canted, its sliding properties may be worsened considerably.

That the subject of the invention is not limited to front rods is shown by the third embodiment according to FIGS. 5 and 6. The hanger 14 runs as an internal slider in a channel 24 in the curtain rod 10. For better guiding, projections 26 on the end arms 19 protrude into a slot 27. Here again the middle arm 16 serves as a spring.

It is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 how one can suspend eyelets 28 from the pins 18 by means of their openings 29. The eyelets 28 terminate in a hanging member 31, to which pleat holding arms 32 are integrally formed. The space between the middle arm 16 and the end arms 19 can be used to push the eyelets 28 into the hangers 14 sufficiently until the wider portion of the openings 29 is opposite the pins 18. The eyelets 28 are then pressed over the pins 18 and the hanging member 31 is pulled down.

The invention can be used also where whole guiding carriages run in or on curtain rods, as their canting is equally undesirable.

What is claimed is:

1. A hanging device for curtains, drapes or the like comprising hanger means adapted to be guided on a rod,

resilient means attached unitarily to said hanger means,

easily deflectable in the pulling direction relative to said hanger means, and

means connected to said resilient means for holding said curtains, drapes or the like which are much longer than said hanger means.

2. A hanging device according to claim 1 in which said resilient means comprises an approximately rectangular cross-section and is integral with said hanger means.

3. A hanging device according to claim 1 in which said hanger means comprises an approximately E-shaped form, the middle arm being said resilient means and the two end arms serving to guide said hanger means.

4. Apparatus for hanging curtains, drapes or the like comprising rod means,

hanger means guided by said rod means,

resilient means attached unitarily to said hanger means and easily deflectable in the pulling direction relative to said hanger means, and

means which are very long with respect to said hanger OTHER REFERENCES means for holding said curtains, drapes or the like r German printed applleation No. 1,083,519, June 1960.

l t Connected to Sald resllen means German printed application No. 1,179,343, October References Cited r 1964- O FOREIGN PATENTS DONALD A. GRIFFIN, Primary Examiner 1,332,904 6/1963 France. 620,043 5/1961 Italy. 

